Ship Breaker
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Book Description
A gritty, high-stakes adventure set in a futuristic world where oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer.
In America's Gulf Coast region, grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota-and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or by chance, he discovers an... More
In America's Gulf Coast region, grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota-and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or by chance, he discovers an... More
Book Information
Publisher | Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers |
Binding | Paperback (12 editions) |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 336 |
ISBN-10 | 0316056197 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0316056199 |
Publication Date | 10/03/2011 |
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3/29/2011 Peni Griffin said: Well above average postapocalyptic SF, written straightforwardly as a novel and from a realistic underclass POV. No roaming zombies, no Sufficiently Advanced Technology
tags: I recommend, I read
tags: I recommend, I read
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